Program Directors:
Nabil Dib, MD, MSc, FACC
President, ISCTR
Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Cell Therapy
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California
Director, Cardiovascular Research, Catholic Health Care West
Mercy Gilbert and Chandler Regional Medical Centers
Phoenix, Arizona
Anthony DeMaria, MD
Program Director, ISCTR
Judith and Jack White Chair in Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Chief Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, University of California San Diego Cardiovascular Center
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California
Director, The Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center
San Diego, California
Spencer King, MD, MACC
Program Director, ISCTR
Executive Director, Academic Affairs
Saint Joseph’s Health System, Interim President
Saint Joseph’s Heart and Vascular Institute
Atlanta, Georgia
Past President
American College of Cardiology
Jennifer Hall, PhD
Program Director, ISCTR
Associate Professor
Director, Program in Cardiovascular Translational Genomics
Lillehei Heart Institute, Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nicolas Chronos, MD, FACC, FESC, FFAHA, FRCP
Program Director, ISCTR
Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer
St. Joseph’s Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Blase Carabello, MD
Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Chief of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Karen Christman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California
Stephen Dalton, PhD
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Francisco Ferdandez-Aviles, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Chief of Cardiology Services
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Madrid, Spain
Bernard Gersh, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Joshua Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiology
The Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Timothy Henry, MD
Professor of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Clinical Research
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Director of Research
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
David Holmes, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Mitchell Krucoff, MD
Professor of Medicine- Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Chairman, Cardiac Safety Research Consortium
Durham, North Carolina
Mark Mercola, PhD
Professor and Associate Director
Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California
Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD
Head of Arrhythmia Department & Electrophysiology Laboratory
State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology
Novosibirsk, Russia
Robert Roberts, MD, FRCPC, MACC
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jai Pal Singh, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
St. Joseph’s Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia
Andre Terzic, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo Foundation Endowed Career Scientist
Program Co-Director for the Postgraduate Cardiovascular Scholarship Program
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
Sir Magdi Yacoub, MD, FRS, FRCS, FRCP, DS
British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Founder and Director of Research, Magdi Yacoub Institute
Heart Science Center, Harefield, United Kingdom
Andreas Zeiher, MD
Professor and Head of the Division of Cardiology
University of Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Food & Drug Administration
Director
FDA Division of Cardiovascular Devices
Rockville, Maryland




